Summer 2011 Movies Look Amazing—Finally!

I've always been a huge movie fan. Not a movie buff, or a connoisseur–I can't really tell you why the camera angles in A Thin Red Line moved me to tears or why I think Aliens is so much more than just an action/thriller–I just really love the movies and always have.

But for the last, say five years, I have been so disappointed in Hollywood that I've basically opted out. While I rent your stray film here and there, they seem to be putting no effort into making good movies and are more concerned with just turning a profit. I rarely go to the cinema, and when I do, I am either bored silly or just outright disappointed.

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But it looks to me like summer 2011 movies are going to be different. In fact, they look amazing.

The Daily Beast released a list of "Must-See Summer Flicks," and while not every one is my cup of tea, most of the 25 picks look great. Not good, great.

A few that I'm most excited for? In no particular order:

- Bridesmaids – This movie, following a woman and her bridesmaids was produced by Judd Apatow. It seems like it will have the same gross sophomoric humor as his other flicks, like Knocked Up, but in the girl way—not by forcing the guy way on us. I plan on seeing this over the weekend with my mom.

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- Hesher – A great cast, Rainn Wilson (The Office), Natalie Portman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Inception), this movie is about a 13-year-old boy who is mourning the loss of his mother. But it doesn't look all depressing and dark with slow camera movement (you know what I mean). It looks exciting, inspiring and intense.

- Midnight in Paris – The next Woody Allen film, this stars Own Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard and even Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has a cameo. Classic Woody Allen, it looks like maybe he's re-found his stride as he follows Wilson's character out and about in the Paris nightlife.

- Cowboys & Aliens – Finally, and only because I don't have time to comment on them all. This movie, starring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford, just looks like a good ol' fashion summer action flick. The kind that hasn't been made in years (think Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or Jurassic Park). The kind you go see with your whole family on a week night in the middle of July just to get out of the heat. Basically, the premise is what if Aliens tried to attack the Wild West. I cannot wait.

So all I can say is I'm excited. Excited like I was when I was a kid, and going to the movies was the best.thing.ever. And honestly, from these trailers I'm even pretty sure I won't be disappointed.